Some are, not sure about most. There is a cost, as with anything, so smaller utilities might not be.

Ontario's conservative government abruptly shut ours.

https://archive.ph/VVaoi

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-halts-covid-w...

>> which has cost $10- to $15-million a year since it was launched in 2020

Great link. Perhaps their decision makes sense given the cost. I had no idea that people were running around with fishing rods and tampons to do this. That is hilarious!

> Perhaps their decision makes sense given the cost.

What point are you trying to make? 10-15 million is nothing considering how valuable that data is for public health.

Public services cost money; nobody argues that we shouldn't have roads because they cost money to maintain.

https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/index.html has most of the public ones